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Full stack systems integrator helps Cisco transition beyond networking
The buzz around the Cisco Live event earlier this month focused on Cisco System Inc.’s transition from networking to software. Part of this transition has been helped by a relatively new full stack systems integration company, called Netnology Inc. The company has hit the ground running, working with Amazon Web Services Inc. and other platforms, in addition ...
Bahrain adopts cloud-first policy to spur innovation
Bahrain is proving that its commitment to innovation and progress are more than just talk by being the first country in the region to adopt a cloud-first policy. Despite having the normal levels of government bureaucracy, the country is pushing forward and putting to shame the many large private companies that are slow to move with the times ...
The secret to driving cultural change with data democratization
Data used to be seen as a source of power. Now there is such a surplus of data that companies unable to fully contextualize the onslaught of information are falling by the wayside. As value is placed less on the data itself and more on the analysis gleaned from the data, data democratization has become essential ...
Is data science the job for lone unicorns or a team?
With data being valued so highly in modern business, ripe with looming issues such as data governance and data democratization dominating so many C-suite conversations, it is a surprise that many companies are searching for the perfect data scientist? Despite the best intentions, that may not be the smartest or most efficient way to go about things. Instead of ...
Defining the data goldmine of the future
Machine data may now be regarded as the goldmine of the future, but the trouble is no longer in the actual mining of the gold. Data is easy to come by and increasingly easy to store and manage. The difficulty lies in two questions: What data is valuable for the company or application, and how is it used ...
Divide and conquer: Istio aims to give developers freedom and focus
Many in the tech industry would be surprised to learn that Istio, an open platform to connect, manage and secure microservices, is only one year old. Developed by Google Inc., IBM Corp. and Lyft Inc., Istio — despite its young age — has received rave reviews from users, according to Aparna Sinha (pictured, left), group product manager of Kubernetes ...
How Kubernetes allows developers to deploy without worrying about DevOps
As an active distributor of the Kubernetes container orchestration management system, Canonical Ltd is giving developers a way to step up their game. The company is taking away the developer operations component to the developer job so they are free to focus on other important aspects of development that they have more expertise in, according to Stephan Fabel (pictured), director of product ...
Managing individual hosts as a group with Atomic | #KubeCon
Distributed management software for operating systems hasn’t changed in any significant way for the past 20 years, according to Josh Berkus, Project Atomic community lead at Red Hat Inc. There have been some smaller shifts, such as the addition of configuration management, but in the broader sense the software has remained unchanged. Moving to an ...
Cleaning up the mess: Kubernetes allows for a more efficient application | #KubeCon
RackN Inc. is using Kubernetes to solve “underlay problems,” including infrastructure, automation and provisioning. And while this is extremely helpful, it does not actually solve all existing problems. It is more like sweeping them under the rug. “You can hide [the mess], but it’s still there. Our specialty is an automation platform called Digital Rebar ...
Tap, tap, tap: Is interactive television around the corner? | #ibmwow
Television has long struggled to get viewers feeling like they’re interacting with the show. Perhaps the most successful example is “American Idol,” where each week the votes of the audience determines which performing contestants stay and which go. By June 30, 2017, that entire concept could be amplified beyond anything seen so far in television entertainment ...